Susan
de Silva

Overview

Susan has an excellent reputation as a leading employment lawyer.

Susan is the head of the Employment Group in Singapore and Asia Pacific. She is based in Singapore.

With more than 20 years of experience as a lawyer in Singapore and England, Susan has been consistently recognised as a leading individual in her specialism of employment & labour law. Within this practice area, she focuses on serving clients in Singapore and the rest of Asia-Pacific, with a particular emphasis on assisting technology-rich companies and handling union issues.

Susan is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, an Advocate & Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, and a solicitor in England & Wales.

Susan is a contributor to the chapter on Singapore employment laws of the “International Labor and Employment Laws” (Third Edition, Vol. IIB).

News & Events

On 18 June 2015 the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of Shanghai promulgated an amendment to the Rules of the Shanghai Municipality on Collective Agreements, which came into effect on 1 January 2008

On 10 July 2015, the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Mr Kamp, published the results of the environmental impact assessment (so-called plan MER). Based on the results of this assessment, the Minister has decided that no drilling for shale gas will take place during the current cabinet term

In a landmark decision, the District Court of The Hague decided that the Dutch State must ensure a reduction of at least 25% greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2020. This is the first time a court has ordered a government to set higher climate change targets.

Today Bird & Bird announced that it has appointed its Employment partner Marcus Huisman as a new Co-Head of its office in The Hague. Marcus takes over from Armand Killan and he will be co-managing the office together with Pauline Kuipers who is a Partner in Competition & EU Law, and Public Procurement group.

On 18 June 2015 the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of Shanghai promulgated an amendment to the Rules of the Shanghai Municipality on Collective Agreements, which came into effect on 1 January 2008

In China, where an employee's employment is to be terminated, the burden of proof in showing that the statutory grounds and formalities to justify termination have been met falls on the employer. In discharging the burden of proof, an employer should be prepared to disclose evidence in support of the specified termination grounds.

3 September 2015 declared a public holiday to mark China’s victory in the Second World War. China is marking the 70th anniversary of the victory over Japan in the Second World War by granting a public holiday for 2015.